The effect of adding a high moisture gel manufactured from a combination
of konjac flour (2%) and kappa carrageenan (1%) to a reduced fat ground beef
system was evaluated. Lean beef (95-10) and 50-50 fat beef trimmings ...

Three studies were conducted to evaluate: 1) rotationally grazed forage for late-summer stockpiling; 2) effects of lactation on self-fed supplement intake; and 3) influence of cow age on hand-fed supplement intake. For t ...

During the 21 day incubation period, the fertile egg provides nutrients such as fatty acids for energy and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for membrane synthesis to the developing chick. The hypothesis tested in the p ...

Expression of membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT) and tissue
inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP) was evaluated in sheep embryos and
uterus during the pre- and peri-implantation periods. Embryos and ...

Sperm mobility denotes the net movement of a sperm population. Previous work
implicated mitochondrial function as a basis underlying phenotypic variation in this
quantitative trait. Our objective was to determine if mi ...

A study was conducted to determine effects of year and season on diet quality
of beef cattle grazing northern Great Basin rangelands from 1990 to 1993. Forage
quality was high early in the growing season, then declined ...

Previous research has shown that sperm mobility is a primary determinant of fertility in fowl. Sperm mobility denotes the net movement of a sperm population, and males can be characterized by phenotype. Sperm acylcarniti ...

Two experiments were conducted to determine whether in
ewes uterine concentrations of estrogen and progesterone
receptors are affected by the presence of a conceptus or by
the hormonal milieu associated with extremes ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maintains a growing number of feral horses on public rangelands. With population growth rates as high as 22% annually, herds are exceeding their carrying capacity and millions of dolla ...

Until recently, occurrence of milk fever (MF) has been attributed to prepartum
calcium intake. However, researchers in Iowa have concluded that high prepartum dietary
potassium (K) is the major cause of MF. Potassium c ...